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April 4, 2009: Blackbeard's Booty
Don't bother calling, it's not that kind of booty.
Blackbeard, you know Edward Thatch/Teach, around 1700, pirate, Arrrrrr?
Well it's not really booty because that's treasure, this is more like Blackbeard's stuff. 
| A brass navigational instrument known as a chart divider is among artifacts recently recovered from a shipwreck thought to be the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the infamous 18th-century pirate Blackbeard, archaeologists said in March 2009. |
| Underwater archaeologists from the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources have been excavating the wreck—which lies 22 feet (7 meters) underwater a few miles off Beaufort, North Carolina—since 1997. |
The corrosion on the piece of silver is easily removed.
All that gold would fit in a thimble, and since it was found mixed in with some lead, scientists speculate someone hid it in the ammo locker.
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Trilby Saturday Apr 4 05:31 AM
Apothecary weight - that's like, for his cocaine, right?
Kewl stuff, bruce my man.
Flint Saturday Apr 4 10:45 AM
Hey, that's a radiographic image (x-ray) of that sword guard.
Trilby Saturday Apr 4 11:30 AM
don't be such a tech-geek, Flint. Ya geek weirdo.
Elspode Saturday Apr 4 02:15 PM
Its a radiographic profile view. The pic above it is a top down (or bottom up) view.
Trilby Saturday Apr 4 05:12 PM
geeks galore.
xoxoxoBruce Saturday Apr 4 05:28 PM
Or sneaky pirates and ninjas posing as geeks. 
Gravdigr Saturday Apr 4 05:47 PM
@ the geek bashers: Leave them geeks alone.
@ the geeks: Don't touch me, I don't want to get any geek-stink on me.
Clodfobble Saturday Apr 4 06:20 PM
Wow, just 22 feet below the surface? That's really shallow!
Trilby Saturday Apr 4 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
Wow, just 22 feet below the surface? That's really shallow!
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xoxoxoBruce Saturday Apr 4 08:08 PM
I think that's 22 feet of water then the ship is buried in the mud and sand, but it's a lot easier than in deeper water where they find most of them. They've been working on it for a dozen years so it can't be too intact.
Cloud Saturday Apr 4 08:11 PM
What was Blackbeard doing in North Carolina?
ETA: Okay I see now that he operated in that area; for some reason I didn't imagine pirates up there.
jinx Saturday Apr 4 08:21 PM
The OBX were popular with pirates - dangerous to navigate and no people around.
Today it's a popular tourist destination. 
edit: Oh, here's a great link...
xoxoxoBruce Saturday Apr 4 08:25 PM
After he blockaded Charleston, SC, he was pardoned by the Governor of NC, but the Governor of VA had him killed anyway.
Sheldonrs Sunday Apr 5 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
After he blockaded Charleston, SC, he was pardoned by the Governor of NC, but the Governor of VA had him killed anyway.
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